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Larissos

Field	Value
name	Larissos
name_local	Λαρίσσος
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Larissou.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	West Greece
periphunit	Achaea
municipality	West Achaea
pop_municunit	4813
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	225.73
elevation	98
coordinates
postal_code	270 52
area_code	26930
licence	ΑΧ
website

Larissos () is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the local government reform in 2011, it a unit within the municipality West Achaea. The municipal unit has an area of 225.729 km2. Its seat of administration was in the village Lappas, part of the community Metochi. The municipal unit was named after the river Larissos, which flows through it. It is the westernmost municipal unit of Achaea, stretching along the Ionian Sea coast and the border with Elis to the southern part of the Movri hills. It is about 32 km southwest of Patras and 50 km north of Pyrgos.

The area is mostly flat, except the Movri hills in the southeast and the lower Mavra Vouna hills in the northwest, near Cape Araxos. Araxos Airport (GPA).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Larissos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Agios Nikolaos Spaton (Agios Nikolaos, Agios Konstantinos)
Apideonas
Araxos (Araxos, Kalogria, Paralimni)
Kagkadi
Lakkopetra (Lakkopetra, Ioniki Akti, Karnari, Limanaki)
Mataragka (Mataragka, Kafalaiika)
Metochi (Metochi, Lappas, Neo Vouprasio, Vouprasio)
Michoi (Michoi, Kandalos, Tsamaiika, Psefteika)
Petas
Riolos (Riolos, Mazaiika)
Velitses (Ano Velitses, Kato Velitses)

Population history

Year	Population
1991	7,414
2001	8,858
2011	5,650
2021	4,813

Football (soccer) clubs

Akadimos Larissou
Atromitos Lappa, a football (soccer) club currently playing in the Fourth Division
Ikaros Lakkopetra
Metochi FC

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.

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